Ubyssey Features

The section of @Ubyssey that covers long-form reporting, investigations, profiles, creative non-fiction and more! Tweets by editor @FionaSjaus. Tips? DM us!

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Communist ideologies are gaining momentum on Canadian university campuses — what does that shift look like at UBC? Contributor Kylie Xi & Features Editor Fiona Sjaus talked to UBC students and experts to find out.

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“My deep passion…[is] health psychology, where we're trying to explore the impact of…our stress levels, on the underlying physiological mechanisms that predict disease,” said Dr. Eli Puterman. Contributor Shobana Shanmugasamy has our latest Our Campus.

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Since she was young, textile arts and community have played an important role in designer Serena Kealy’s life. First-time contributor Hana Kovar met with Kealy to learn about her process, inspirations, where her career has been & where it’s going.

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“For eating, it’s not just filling your tummy. You need to fill your brain,” said Executive Sous Chef of Retail, Restaurants and Catering Andy Chan, whose career at UBC spans two decades. Our reporter Armaana Thapar met with Chan to learn more.

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POLI 100 professor Dr. Yves Tiberghien leverages compassion & innovative instruction to encourage curiosity and creativity. Contributor Anushka Bellani met with Tiberghien to learn more about the lived experiences that inform his teaching.

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Back on the road, we zipped past Victorian-era cottages, taking in the scenery, writes contributor Nazanin Sadoughian and features editor Fiona Sjaus. Read our latest Places to Go on Bath, England.

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Year after year, TransLink ridership data indicates routes to UBC carry the highest passenger volumes in the region — so how will TransLink ensure future funding models consider commuter student needs? writes contributor Amardeep Bains.

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When Salseo founder and epigenetics PhD student Erick Navarro isn’t teaching, he’s putting the skills he’s gained from dance and performance to use in his studies. Our science editor Gloria met with Navarro to learn how he balances his studies & dance.

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“I got very easily bored by conventional storytelling,” said Associate Film Production Professor Igor Drljača, whose work explores intergenerational & intersectional identity. Features Editor Fiona Sjaus met with Drljača to learn about what that entails.

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Local real estate developer and philanthropist Peter Wall died on March 2 at 87. Wall is known on campus for enacting the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS), through a donation he made to UBC in 1991.

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Kamakshi Anand remembers in ninth grade thinking, “Oh, this is a thing people do — they write their thoughts online.” Now she is a published writer and econ student and finds parallels between the two subjects. Contributor Rhea Dinesh has the story.

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Food is baked into AMS Food Bank coordinator Sophie Co’s family traditions — from the age of six, she remembers helping out in the kitchen. Features reporter Nicola Roscuata met with Co to talk cooking, food insecurity and serving the community.

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Though he’s now an advocate for Indigenous language revitalization, Assistant Linguistics Professor Christopher Hammerly did not start his education knowing he wanted to study Ojibwe, writes contributor Arshdeep Khurana in our latest Our Campus.

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INTERVIEW CALL-OUT: The Ubyssey is looking to speak to students who have experienced medical emergencies in UBC residence for an article about residence safety and policy. For more details please email [email protected]. Anonymity can be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

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With graduation approaching, seminar coordinator Aatisha Avasthi hopes being a student educator can inform a career where she can continue to explore the pedagogies she is experimenting with. Features Senior Staff Reporter Shubhreet Dadrao has the story.

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For global resource systems student & artist Naomi Leung, their art is a space to centre their experiences and reflect. Ubyssey contributor Krishna Narayanan sat down with Leung to learn about how their creative process and climate advocacy intersect.

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Kwagiulth Hereditary Chief and UBC alumnus Bill Wilson died on January 24 “surrounded by love,” his daughter Jody Wilson-Raybould wrote on X. The Ubyssey spoke with UBC Indigenous legal studies student Kristofer Charlebois about Wilson's life and legacy.

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“Interdisciplinarity is not easy, but it's the way forward," said UBC honorary degree recipient and geography scholar Dr. Rosemary Ommer. Read about her career in our latest Our Campus today, written by our Managing Editor, Mahin E Alam.

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The Nest was evacuated on October 28, 2024 after what was later revealed to be reports of an armed man. The threat’s status wasn’t initially known by evacuees, igniting calls for UBC & the AMS to develop more appropriate & robust emergency plans.

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“Out there are some carbon molecules that potentially could make up a human or make up life,” said Dr. Ilsa Cooke on space, astrochemistry & the prospect of cosmic life. Features senior staff Joyce Park meets with Cooke in our latest Our Campus.

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